Gordon "Gord" Fraser (born November 19, 1968) is a Canadian former professional road racing cyclist. As a rider he specialised in

sprinting Sprinting is running over a short distance at the top-most speed of the body in a limited period of time. It is used in many sports that incorporate running, typically as a way of quickly reaching a target or goal, or avoiding or catching an op ...

. Fraser is a three-time Olympian and four-time Commonwealth Games participant and has over 200 career wins including becoming the 2004 Canadian national road race champion. He also rode in the 1997 Tour de France and won the US National Race Calendar series twice. He retired from professional cycling at the end of the 2006 season after racing four seasons for the

Health Net Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organiza ...

. He went on to be a

directeur sportif A ''directeur sportif'' (French for sporting director, although the original French term is often used in English-language media; plural ''directeurs sportifs'') is a person directing a cycling team during a road bicycle racing event. It is se ...

with Team Type 1 in 2009, and in 2010 joined

UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (UCI identifier: UHC) was a professional road bicycle racing team, run by Momentum Sports Group and based in the United States. The team is sponsored principally by UnitedHealth Group. It began at the end of 2 ...

as a directeur sportif. In 2011 became DS for the US Continental team, Realcyclist.com. Whilst there he guided

Francisco Mancebo Francisco Mancebo Pérez (born 9 March 1976) is a Spanish professional cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . He initially rode for team , but moved to in 2006. Mancebo is a stage race specialist, with good climbing and indiv ...

to the top of the National Race Calendar individual standings in 2011 and again in 2012 (under the team's new name of Competitive Cyclist Racing Team). However he left the team when it merged with Kenda-5 Hour Energy ahead of the 2013 season. Subsequently he was approached by to work for them in 2013, however this fell through when Exergy withdrew its sponsorship of the team. In 2014 he worked for at the

USA Pro Cycling Challenge The USA Pro Cycling Challenge, also known as USA Pro Challenge, was an annual multi-day professional road bicycle racing stage race that first took place in Colorado in 2011. Originally announced on August 4, 2010 by Colorado Governor Bill Ritt ...

, and took the directeur sportif role at the for several races on a part-time basis, before signing a two year deal with the squad in September of that year. After it emerged that Silber would disband at the end of the 2018 season, Floyd Landis announced that Fraser would serve as manager of his new UCI Continental team, Floyd's of Leadville. After leaving the scene for two years, Fraser was announced to become the head

of the team for the 2022 season, replacing

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. Fraser resides in

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and has two sons named Angus and Axel.

Major results

;1992 : 1st Stage 5 Niederösterreich Rundfahrt ;1994 : 1st

Paris–Troyes Paris–Troyes is an annual single-day road bicycle race in France between Paris and Troyes. First held in 1959, since 2005 it has been a 1.2 event on the UCI Europe Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competiti ...

: 1st

Paris–Chauny Paris–Chauny is a one-day cycling race held in France. It was first held in 1922 and has been part of the UCI Europe Tour in category 1.2 The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), the world's governing body in the sport of bicycle racing, class ...

: 1st Stages 2, 4 & 5

Tour de Normandie Tour de Normandie is a road bicycle race held annually in the region of Normandy, France. The race started in 1939, but was not held in the periods of 1940–1955 and 1960–1980. It was originally a race for amateurs, but was opened for professi ...

: 1st Stages 2 & 5

Tour du Vaucluse The Tour du Vaucluse ''(Tour of the Vaucluse)'' is a former cycling race, held in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of France. From 1923 until 1960 it was organized as a one-day race finishing in Cavaillon Cav ...

;1995 : 5th

Trofeo Luis Puig The Trofeo Luis Puig is a single-day road bicycle race held in Valencian Community, Spain. Originally named the Gran Premio Valencia, it was held annually (except for 1980) from the first edition in 1969 until 2005, in which year it was promoted ...

;1997 : 1st Stage 4 Grand Prix du Midi Libre : 5th Paris–Mantes : 10th

Le Samyn Le Samyn is an annual single-day road bicycle race in Belgium, held usually in late February or early March. The event was created in 1968 as ''Grand Prix de Fayt-le-Franc'', named after the former municipality where it started and finished. In 1 ...

;1998 : 1st Stage 2

Vuelta a Asturias Vuelta Asturias is a professional cycle road race held in Spain in early May each year. The event was first run in 1925 but has not been held consistently until 1968 to present. Since 2005, the race has been organised as a 2.1 event on the UCI ...

: 1st Stages 1 & 4

Redlands Bicycle Classic The Redlands Bicycle Classic is a cycling stage race located in Redlands, California, United States that has been held since 1985. It consists of three road races, an individual time trial and a criterium A criterium, or crit, is a bike race ...

: 1st Stage 1 Killington Stage Race : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Beauce Tour de Beauce is a men's elite professional road bicycle racing multi-day event held each June in the Beauce region of Quebec, Canada since 1986. It is the oldest stage-race in North America, and is a Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-rated 2. ...

: 1st Stage 4

Tour de Toona The International Tour de Toona was a stage bicycle race held in Central Pennsylvania in July from 1987 until 2011. The event became the largest pro-am cycling event in North America and had stages spanning Blair, Cambria, Bedford, and Somerset C ...

: 2nd Overall

Sea Otter Classic The Sea Otter Classic is a bicycling and outdoor sports festival and exposition held each spring since 1991 at the WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca Laguna Seca Raceway (branded as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and previously Mazda Raceway ...

;1999 : 1st Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic ::1st Stages 1 & 2 : Tour Trans Canada ::1st Stages 2, 3, 6, 8 & 9 ::1st Points classification : 1st Stages 3 & 5

: 1st Stages 2 & 7 International Cycling Classic : 1st Stage 5

: 1st Stage 4

: 1st Stage 2

Fitchburg Longsjo Classic Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, also known as the Longsjo Classic, was an annual bicycle race held in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, United States. The race began in 1960 as the Arthur M. Longsjo Jr Memorial Race, in honor of Art Longsjo. History Th ...

: 2nd

Road race, Pan American Games : 2nd Silver medal america

Road race, Pan American Road Championships : 2nd Overall

: 3rd

Athens Twilight Criterium The Twilight Series is an annual road cycling race that takes place in the spring in Athens, Georgia, United States, since 1980. During the course of each Twilight weekend, competitive events in a variety of fields are staged, including BMX racin ...

: 7th First Union Classic ;2000 : 1st

: 1st

GP de la Ville de Rennes Grand Prix Cycliste de la Ville de Rennes was a professional cycle road race held in Rennes, France until 2008 when it was last organised, with the organisers citing financial difficulties as the reason. Since 2005 the race was organized as a 1. ...

: 1st Stage 1

Critérium International The Critérium International was a two-day bicycle stage race held in France every spring from 1932 until 2016, typically the last weekend of March. It was formerly known as the Critérium National de la Route, first run in 1932. For many years ...

: 1st Overall Valley of the Sun Stage Race ::1st Stages 1 & 3 : 1st Overall

::1st Stages 1, 2, 3 & 4 : 1st Prologue & Stage 3

: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships : 2nd First Union Classic : 8th Philadelphia International Cycling Classic ;2001 : 1st Stage 1

Tour de Langkawi The Tour de Langkawi is a multiple stage bicycle race held in Malaysia. It is named after the archipelago Langkawi, where the first edition started and finished. The race has been held annually since 1996, primarily in February. It usually con ...

: 1st Stage 2

: 1st Prologue & Stage 3

: 2nd Clarendon Cup ;2002 : 1st First Union Classic : 1st Overall Tucson Bicycle Classic ::1st Stages 1, 2 & 3 : 1st

: 1st Manhattan Beach Grand Prix : 1st Stage 1 Valley of the Sun Stage Race : 1st Stage 2

: 1st Stage 6b

: 3rd Overall

USA Cycling National Racing Calendar The USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) is an annual competition of road bicycle racing events held in the United States and sponsored by USA Cycling. The NRC includes a men's and women's individual and team rankings based on points awa ...

;2003 : 1st

Gastown Grand Prix The Global Relay Gastown Grand Prix is a criterium cycling race held in Gastown, the oldest neighbourhood in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The race is part of BC Superweek, a series of nine races held over 10 days in July in the greater Va ...

: 1st Stages 1 & 3

Tour of the Gila The Tour of the Gila is a cycling stage race for both men and women located in New Mexico, United States. It is sponsored by the component maker SRAM. The "Gila" began in 1987. Beginning in 2012, the men's Gila has been added to the UCI Americ ...

: 1st Stage 3

: 1st Stage 1 Tucson Bicycle Classic : 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stages 2, 3 & 4 Pomona Valley Stage Race : 3rd Manhattan Beach Grand Prix ;2004 : 1st MaillotCan

Road race, National Road Championships : 1st Stages 1 & 7 Tour de Georgia : 1st Points classification,

: 1st Stage 4

Cascade Cycling Classic The Cascade Cycling Classic was the longest running elite road bicycle racing stage race in the United States (1980–2019), with 2018 being the only year the race was not held. The race took place in the Central Oregon region and was based in ...

: 2nd Overall

: 2nd CSC Invitational : 2nd Wachovia Classic : 3rd

Philadelphia International Championship The Philadelphia International Championship was an annual bicycle race held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was described as "America's top international cycling classic, and one of the richest and most prestigious one day races outside of Euro ...

;2005 : 1st Wachovia Classic : 1st

: 1st Stage 6 Tour de Georgia : 1st : 1st Stage 1

: 1st Stage 4

Nature Valley Grand Prix The North Star Grand Prix is a men's and women's road bicycle racing stage race held each June in Minnesota, United States, as part of the North Star Bicycle Festival. An event was added in North Mankato in 2016. The North Star Grand Prix is on ...

: 2nd Overall San Dimas Stage Race ::1st Stage 2 : 2nd Overall

::1st Stage 2 : 3rd Overall Tour de Delta ::1st Stage 3 ;2006 : 1st Overall

Joe Martin Stage Race Joe Martin Stage Race is a road cycling stage race held annually in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It is part of the UCI America Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the ...

::1st Stages 1, 2 & 4 : 1st : 1st Stage 3

: 1st Stage 3 Tour de Delta : 1st Stage 3 Central Valley Classic : 3rd Overall

Tour of Elk Grove The Tour of Elk Grove was an annual bicycle race held in Elk Grove Village, IL in the United States. First staged in 2006, the race covered more than 277 kilometers (172 Miles) and took place over three days. The event featured 16 professional a ...

: 3rd

References

External links

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Interview on Cycling NewsInterview on BMC2005 Pezcyclingnews interview of Gord Fraser by Matt Wood
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fraser, Gordon Canadian male cyclists 1968 births Living people Cyclists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1999 Pan American Games Cyclists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic cyclists of Canada Sportspeople from Ottawa Pan American Games medalists in cycling Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games